Ron's Tower - Standard Route 

FA:  Steve Anderton, Mike Colacino, Bill Duncan New Route:  Yes Type:  Trad, Aid Consensus:  5.9 C1 [details] Length:  1 pitch, 160 feet Views: 71 page views Submitted By: Bill Duncan on Sep 25, 2009 Add Photo  Add Comment

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Description 

FA on Thanksgiving Day, 1996. Climb up to the top of the bedding seam and a nice ledge. 5.8 Continue up the crack (5.9) until it turns into a thin hands/finger crack (5.9) and becomes vertical. Continue up to the chimney and the summit. This will likely go free at 5.11 or a more difficult rating. I think the FA party might have had a wee hangover.

Avoid the loose rocks immediately to the right of the base of this route. The middle tower looks inviting, but a thorough recon did not yield any routes sans a bolt ladder.

Location 

Ron's Tower is the westernmost or right-hand tower. The FA route ascends the crack on the south side (back side) of the tower.

Protection 

The standard stuff.